Christian Living (325)

In 1974 Juliet du Boulay published her first work, Portrait of a Greek Mountain Village, now considered a classic text for the anthropology of Modern Greece. This sequel, the fruit of a lifetime`s reflection, adds new dimensions to this portrait, exploring the all-encompassing religious awareness of the same village community, and its rootedness in both Orthodox Christian and pre- or non-Christian ideas and practices.

A collection of chapters from St. Nikodemos`s classic work Spiritual Exercises translated for the first time into English. Chapters include On the Greatness of the Divine Eucharist., The Denial of Peter and Our Sins and Ingratitude Towards God.

The authors seek to bring the apostolic vision of the early church to the present generation: to make one aware of his or her true nature, and alive in God`s love. It is not so much a matter of harsh physical control as it is a rechanneling of one`s attention and commitments in daily life.

Profound but simple thoughts from a contemporary Serbian Orthodox pastor. They offer practical wisdom for daily living informed by a deeply Orthodox understanding of life as a gift from God. Areas covered include dependence on Christ, inner joy, stress, overcoming fear, finding our true selves and much more.

Professor Sahas does a splendid job unpacking this unique prayer verse by verse, and offering the reader challenging questions that speak to the complacency of the modern world. He shows how one needs to reprogram and reorient one`s life according to the Lord`s Prayer. The author`s views The Prayer as a source of Christian unity.